Big Tobacco is a pejorative term often applied to the tobacco industry in general, or more particularly to the "big three" tobacco corporations in the United States: Philip Morris (Altria), Reynolds American (RJR) and Lorillard. The phrase is often used in TheTruth.com, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, and other anti-smoking ad campaigns funded by the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement of 1998 which involved the four largest original participating manufacturers (OPMs) of United States tobacco companies (Philip Morris Inc., R. J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson and Lorillard).
Famous quotes containing the words big and/or tobacco:
“No way dude.”
—Chris Matheson, U.S. screen actor, Ed Solomon, U.S. screen actor, and Stephen Herek. Bill & Ted’s Big Adventure (film)
“The puritanical potentialities of science have never been forecast. If it evolves a body of organized rites, and is established as a religion, hierarchically organized, things more than anything else will be done in the name of “decency.” The coarse fumes of tobacco and liquors, the consequent tainting of the breath and staining of white fingers and teeth, which is so offensive to many women, will be the first things attended to.”
—Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957)